Mission

The missionof the Office of Academic Affairs is to provide leadership and service to students
and faculty in their roles as members of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s
community.

The Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs supervises the activities of student
services/affairs, registrar, financial aid, library, classroom support, interprofessional
education, and institutional effectiveness and accreditation. The office promotes
and ensures academic quality at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and encourages
the efficient use of resources to achieve that end. It does so by developing and administering
programs, policies and procedures relative to academic affairs that advance the academic
missions of the institution.

Support Services

Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation promotes institutional effectiveness through ongoing, systematic planning and assessment
efforts in order to support faculty and staff in achieving the institutional mission
and maintain continued reaffirmation by the Southern Associate of Colleges and Schools-Commission
on Colleges (SACSCOC).

Financial Aid

Office of the Registrar

TheOffice of the Registraralso supports and strives to meet the needs of prospective students, faculty, staff,
administration, and alumni by providing academic information regarding the various
schools and disciplines of the HSC.

Preston Smith Library

The central administration of the libraries is located in thePreston Smith Libraryof the Health Sciences in Lubbock. Public services and library collections, however,
are dispersed among the four Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campuses
in Lubbock, Amarillo and Odessa.